The Tin Trumpet, Or Heads and Tales, for the Wise and Waggish: To which are Added, Poetical Selections, Volume 1 |
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... dice and to spare the dicer . That predi- lection for point and antithesis to which we have already alluded , and which forms the besetting sin of his style , often betrayed him into a severity of expression quite foreign to INTRODUCTION .
... dice and to spare the dicer . That predi- lection for point and antithesis to which we have already alluded , and which forms the besetting sin of his style , often betrayed him into a severity of expression quite foreign to INTRODUCTION .
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... expression quite foreign to his real nature . He might be caustic with his pen , especially if an epigrammatic turn were at stake ; but his lips could not utter anything intentionally bitter , nor could his heart harbour a single angry ...
... expression quite foreign to his real nature . He might be caustic with his pen , especially if an epigrammatic turn were at stake ; but his lips could not utter anything intentionally bitter , nor could his heart harbour a single angry ...
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... language , he must deliver it , without adaptation or expression , and consequently without effect . His emotion may be as transient as you please , but it must be once felt , once impressed upon the actor , if it is to HEADS AND TALES .
... language , he must deliver it , without adaptation or expression , and consequently without effect . His emotion may be as transient as you please , but it must be once felt , once impressed upon the actor , if it is to HEADS AND TALES .
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... dead language , would speak of him as — ` -Vir excellentissimus , strangulandi peritus . In a Shrewsbury Address to James I. , his loyal subjects expressed a wish that he might reign over them as 22 THE TIN TRUMPET ; OR.
... dead language , would speak of him as — ` -Vir excellentissimus , strangulandi peritus . In a Shrewsbury Address to James I. , his loyal subjects expressed a wish that he might reign over them as 22 THE TIN TRUMPET ; OR.
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To which are Added, Poetical Selections Horace Smith. expressed a wish that he might reign over them as long as sun , moon , and stars should endure . " I suppose , then , " ob- served the monarch , " they mean my successor to reign by ...
To which are Added, Poetical Selections Horace Smith. expressed a wish that he might reign over them as long as sun , moon , and stars should endure . " I suppose , then , " ob- served the monarch , " they mean my successor to reign by ...
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